एक खत.... सहरद के रखवालो के नाम...

Usually we just Celebrate the Republic day and Independence day but we are actually not able to express our feelings, love and gratitude towards the real heros of our nation.

Having this thought in mind this time Anant Aman Social Welfare Society taken an initiative for the same.

We asked different group of people to write letters to these BSF soldiers expressing their views about them, what they feel for them,  their unshown love and respect , that they have for them.

Majority of the person includes students and teachers from different schools and colleges. Also many other persons shared their views with us and wrote letters, poems, articles etc. for soldiers.
The school's participated in this activity were : Govt school, Private school, or the schools run by Trust. Few names undermentioned :

सरस्वती शिशु मंदिर उच्चतर माध्यमिक विद्यालय..

शासकीय सिन्धी कन्या माध्यमिक विद्यालय..

कस्तूर बाल मंदिर हाई स्कूल

Government School at Juni Indore..

Shri Agrasen Vidyalaya..

Also , our NGO members, Volunteers, other members of societies and general public participated whole heartedly for this thanks giving gesture of AASWS.

All the letters were collected by our NGO members and distributed with love amongst the BSF Soldiers at Revati Range during National Shooting Competition held on Saturday 18-Feb-2017.

for pics visit :
https://www.facebook.com/AnantAmanSws/

To end this note we would like to say that,
We the people of Bharat are not having enough words to express what we feel for our soldiers. We respect you from the bottom of our hearts. And we will always try to be a good citizens.⁠⁠⁠⁠

With Love
Anant Aman Social Welfare Society®

ETHICAL DILEMMA – EQUALITY OR SECULARISM?

We have read it in books, several times and wondered what actually a dilemma is like or how to get out of such situation? According to books, an Ethical Dilemma is a situation where there has to be a decision made between couple of options which may be right and justified at their ends.

Not long ago High Court of Maharashtra had an appeal from ‘Bhumata Brigade’ seeking judicial approval over lifting of all gender barriers for access to the inner sanctum where there is idol of ‘Shani or Saturn Shrine’ at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. The temple had a 400-year tradition of not allowing women to worship at the altar. On 26^th Jan, 2016, a group 500 of protestors in buses was stopped by police near town of Supa, 70 Kms from temple.

Since temple tradition was justified on religious believes it somehow denied women an equal right of worshiping as men. That’s an Ethical Dilemma, where on one hand there stood Religious belief and on another stood Right to equality. Indian Constitution laid equal emphasis on Secularism, where religious belief of every individual is equally respected, and Equality, among all citizens of India. Opinions raised all across the country likely arguing that a tradition should not be broken as it would have calamitous effects or something bad would occur.  While others argued that it is a superstitious belief being followed for 400 year that now should be debunked. In a country where religious sentiments bind billions together can even lead them falling apart. Unrest situations and riots over religious causes have been frequently countered in India therefore a tough call was to be made by the judiciary at Maharashtra High Court.

On 1^st April High Court held that it is the women’s fundamental right to go into places of worship and the government is duty bound to protect their right. Further temple trust welcomed Court’s decision and invited Bhumata Brigade to offer prayers at inner sanctum as it opened doors for women thereon. Many people are still of an opinion that, ‘Maharashtra is facing drought because Saturn Shrine is upset over debunking of tradition’, a mere superstition, maybe. Whatever the impacts may be, this decision certainly speaks eloquently of peaceful and progressive of Indian triumph.

On latest notes, Tripti Desai led Brigade is demanding equal access to women at Haji Ali dargah. Another challenging dilemma for authorities.


By Umang Daga

"नारी सशक्तिकरण और सम्मान"

आज के युग में हर कोई नारी सशक्तिकरण की बात करता है, पर किसी ने कभी ये नही सोचा की नारी की इस हालत का जिम्मेदार कौन है।

आखिर आज भी हमें इस मुद्दे पर इतना क्यों सोचना पड़ता है । क्या आज भी हमारी सोच इतनी छोटी है कि हम नारी को उसका सम्मान नहीं दे सकते । हम आज भी उस समाज में रेहते हे जहा नारी को देवी माना जाता है और उसकी पूजा की जाती है । आज हमें नारी सशक्तिकरण नहीं नारी सम्मान की अवश्यकता है । नारी तो पहले भी शक्ती का रुप थी और आज भी शक्ती का रूप है ।

अगर कुछ बदला है तो हमारी सोच और द्रष्टी जो आज नारी को अब्ला के रुप मे देखती है । नारी तो सदियो से पुज्य है, बस कुछ कुप्रचलित चलचित्र और छोटी मान्सिकताओं ने उसके सम्मान को ठेस जरुर पहुचाई है । हम सोचते बहुत हैं पर अभी सोचने की नही सोच बदलने की जरुरत है । 

सोच बदलनी हेै नारी के प्रती 

उसके सम्मान और उसके त्याग के प्रती 

जीवन दायनी हेै नारी 

परोपकार की देवी है नारी 

शक्ती का स्वरूप है नारी 

छमा की दाता है नारी 

त्याग की परिभाषा है नारी 

माँ का दूलार , बेहन का प्यार , पत्नी का विश्वास है नारी । 

“अगर हो सके तो लौटा दो नारी को उसका सम्मान, 

बदलो अपनी सोच को और समझो उसका बलिदान, 

यही है सच्चा नारी सशक्तिकरण और उसका मान । 

अगर हो सके तो लौटा दो नारी को उसका सम्मान” 

- By Devendra Pandey ©


pic courtesy : http://wellnessgospel.com/

Painted Dome - "Rang Panchami"

28^th March, 2016

Rang Panchami,

Preparing for a celebration for children, which has its deep traditional roots isn’t an easy task when you have to abide by traditions, ensure enjoyable time for children and take care of vision as well as objectives of a social organization. Event Leaders Dr. Pooja, Miss. Stuti and Mr. Hitesh stepped up to take this responsibility and their team supported very well to make this event successful. Special acknowledgement for AnantAman members Atul, Deepanshi, Anupreet, Tanya, Sarang and Anand supported in handling various duties and behind the scenes hardwork.

Pohe served as breakfast to children.

Members making arrangements for music system and speakers.

Members and children dancing on music.

Everything was on schedule and we began with serving breakfast to children because it’s no fun to play on empty stomach. All hustle got attention as the DJ began to roll its sound tracks. It was time for fun, dance and obviously colors. As promised we stuck with our determination of Safe and Dry Holi by entirely eliminating use of water as well as bringing in only Herbal colors. Everyone rushed to grab a fist full of color and chase each other to apply color before anyone else could. Soon the colors were spread everywhere as if some fancy makeup artist took a handful job decorated pretty faces. Pink and yellow, blue and red, green and orange and many more, scattered all around.

There was a moment when eyes got stuck and thoughts began to fly high. Gazing at everyone there and wondering about hidden importance of festivals. They pack so much within that we rarely explore. Every face was so well colored that they all resembled similar. It was hard to point any difference. The differences we use to discriminate humiliate and ostracize others. Yes!! This colorful festival does carry an important message. It teaches us to look beyond colors of skin, names, castes and religions. Colors of holi certainly eliminated all difference to bring every person under nature’s dome to enjoy together.

Music was on and feet were not ready to stop for a single moment of breath. All that one could do is get in mood, get carried with vibes of this festival and put some color. Some possed for selfies while others asked for their portraits to be captured by then responsible man for photography of event, Sarang Rajderkar.

Hurdle race and Sprint race

We continued the fun with several games, Hurdle Race, Sprint Race & more. As time passed by children surely felt roars from within. Tummy was at its loudest speech asking for lunch. On their daily scheduled time without any delay children were served Roti, Sabzi, Kheer and Daal-Chawal as lunch.

Lunch being served to children

After refueling everyone was back for more fun. More dance and some more games were played with kids. Finally concluded event on a high note every one once again wished each other “Happy Holi ~ Rang Panchami”. At last group picture of all participants was necessary for souvenir of a fabulous day with children.

Group picture concluding event. 

“Colors, well they can be pleasing, attractive and enjoyable as well as repulsive, ugly, unacceptable and offensive but Blacks, Reds & Whites shouldn’t be basis for discrimination.”

Some highlights of celebration --->

By Umang Daga

Gulaal !!

Being a Jain I have learnt not to waste water unnecessarily. But being a human I have experienced that never to waste a single moment which who knows can be unknowingly source of joy. Well this situation is truly a dilemma. Now how will I be able to play Holi. Water or colors or just social sites! Excess water usage will ruin my values; colors may be skin sensitive, while just plain texts would be boredom.

Well not wasting water literally makes sense. There is still a major chunk in India which still suffers of this water shortage problem. We people usually go insane when our comfort zones that is a.c., water coolers or fans suffer from glitch and we have to spend just few hours without them. But you know there are still people in this nation whose happiness doesn't lie in such luxurious materialistic things. Their happiness lies in just basic needs such as food, clothe and home.

I have been constantly reading the success story of startups nowadays. Be it the Bangalore Cleanliness startup or Indore's recent Med startup. Wow! Technically we have so much innovation that just one click and get the most desirable stuff ignoring all the vague.  But isn't it true that the more we are becoming technology driven, the more we are forgetting our values.  In India still only 38 percent people have access to internet. Many rural areas are still facing the issue of water shortage, power shortage, food etc. Here the point isn't to be sympathetic towards them. They better know how to prove their capabilities and strive for what they want.

The only point that is being exaggerated is we as future drivers should understand the value of our natural resources and should not take them for granted. We should be careful if any leakage occurs at our surroundings. We should consume only that much water that we require. I have learnt this value from my 4rth standard student.  One day she asked me for water. I served her full glass of water. She asked me to make it half. I asked her why? She replied ' I don't require full glass I just require half amount of it and we should not waste water. I gently smiled and thanked her for opening my eyes. Children may be small but give us big teachings in simplest ways. I f you see today not just Rajasthan even Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh are equally suffering the problem of water shortage.

Since its Holi, so reminder reminder!! On this occasion we will really prove to be sensitive and tolerant. But to overcome this issue Holi wouldn't be enough we every day need to follow few basics to eradicate this issue such as:

•       Only consume that much of water which is required
•     Use bucket instead of taking a shower
•     Use rice water for washing utensils and mopping
•     In case of any leakage repair it asap

If we all take an oath to follow such basic things we will certainly make this a better nation to reside in.

But the good thing is finally I am out of dilemma. I have found a wonderful way of celebrating Holi. How about celebrating this grand occasion with small kiddos? Because their smile heals every pain and so whole heartedly our AnantAman family invite you on this auspicious occasion of Holi to celebrate it with a social cause on 28^th March 2k16.

This Holi, play safe, go eco-friendly & save water. Dry Holi is best Holi.

Happy Holi

By Poorva Banthiya

Jingles everywhere!!

It's easy to preach others to donate but difficult to do ourselves. Just with this thought on this Christmas fest NGO AnantAman Social Welfare Society requested society to, "Be a SANTA for some NEEDY"

It's Christmas day, 

At 11:30 members of our group started gathering at Hellen Keller ( Blind School ). All were full of energy & enthusiastic. Various responsibilities were delegated among members. 

Celebration leader Ms. Raksha Goyal took lead and asked members to have small interaction with kids. Our Member Atul, Hardik, Rajat and Abhishek helped in placing banners of our Ngo at different places.

Group General Secretary and another leader for this Celebration Mr. Umang Daga helped in making arrangements for music system as children there although couldn't see but had an urge to dance and have fun.

Various volunteers also participated in  celebration, Ms. Khushboo, Ms. Ilma, Ms. Neera etc have helped in arranging songs of choices. Member Ms. Varnini decorated Christmas tree. At 12:00 pm all the arrangements were ready. At 12:10 pm Our member Poonam, Payal, Divya helped in organising Chair race and divided teams. We had completed first round then.

At 12:20 pm our Chief guest Mr. Sandeep Rajappa SDM (MHOW) arrived.

Ms. Raksha Goyal, Mr. Prateek Maheshwari, Ms. Neera greeted the chief guest, presented a small token of remembrance and shared some information about the working of our NGO.

Mr. Sandeep Sir (SDM) has seen few games and distributed prizes to some winners.

At 12:35 pm he has to depart as having other official meetings, he has given small message to our group members and motivated by sharing his personal experiences of life.

It's 12:45 pm, various games like chair race, lemon race, rope jumping, poetry competition, singing competition etc were organized for kids with support of all members. It's 2:00 pm approx all games were finished and listed down names of all winners in different games.

At 2:10 pm one family in reference with our group member Ms. Poonam joined our celebration.

We all celebrated birthday of Ms. Chinky, she got emotional and started crying while just all children there wished her ""..hapieee birthday..""

All the prizes were distributed via birthday girl and another volunteer Ms. Ilma khureshi distributed Chocolates among children.

At 2:30 pm we served food, cake, pastry to children and wished good luck for their life.

After that few members went to M Y hospital and distributed cake, clothes, woollens, blankets etc.

So in this we all tried to share happiness and make this Christmas special.

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Date: 13th December 2015

Day: Sunday 

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<***>Diwali Fest..<***>

One of the auspicious Celebration, pious fest, full of zest, zeal and enthusiasm.

We celebrate this festival with our family, friends, relatives, purchase new clothes, distribute Sweets, visit each other's home to wish and share some time with our loved ones.

It's our pleasure to share this time with those who usually have an eye at their door step that someone will visit and share happiness with them. Some one will come who will bring new clothes, sweets, crackers etc for them. Those ignored kids always wait for kind hearts who would come to devote their time.

With this thought, our NGO AnantAman Social Welfare Society organized Diwali Celebration at Orphange.. 

At 10:00 AM we reached at orphange. When kids there saw us, the smile on their face was unforgettable. Really it was like those kids were waiting only for us.

From 10:15 am onnwards all our NGO members started gathering. Celebration started with small interaction with kids. 

On the demand of kids their at 10:30 am we started making arrangements for 'Dal Bafla'.

All our members shared several responsibility on their shoulders.. 

Suvidhi Sethi, Varnini Poddar helped in placing all our NGO banners, making arrangements for food materials etc..

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Devendra Pandey, Poonam Rajoriya helped in taking care of children.

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Mr. Prateek Maheshwari when entered orphange with his wife and daughter the other kids were more excited to see family at their premises.  

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At 11:30 am Atul Maheshwari made arrangements for cold drinks and light break fast for children. 

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Mr. Umang and Mr. Vidit took charge to capture memories i.e. of photography.

MR. Hitesh Bhawnani made arrangement of Dhol, speakers for the dance & masti.

In this way all the work was delegated among members.

In between Mr. Mahesh Bairagi taken care of food department to make availability of all things required in Dal Bafla receipy and helped Sheff to prepare food for all those kids.

All the things were going smoothly as all members duly taken care of all responsibilities taken and well coordinated with each other.

Dance on Dhol, Rangoli, Jokes, various amazing games etc all this make those kids cheerful, delighted.

Now the children feel hungry and were waiting for the food to be get ready as soon as possible.

By 1:15 pm food was ready to be served to children.

By 2:00 Pm we all got free from lunch and then proceed for the Clothes and Sweet Distribution.

Our members donated New Clothes to kids there and again a small fun activity was organized for them.

When we had to depart from there all the faces looked cheerless and kids were asking when you all will come back?

Although it is true to say that Crackers create pollution but we have to break our rules for a day to bring smile on all those dull faces. We distributed some crackers among kids. 

May be it's a new way for some one, may be it's common way to some to enjoy in this manner but really not only those kids even we all people felt so much joy that when 5 hours passed no one realized. 

"Really these are wonderful memories to preserve"

– Hemant Gupta

Whatever happens.. happens for good..!!

May be it wasn't meant to be your destiny..

May be it just wanted to remain a small chunk of your destiny….

May be everything today for you sounds to be tricky..

May be this world to you now seems to be freaky….

May be worst phase has gone but some of it's unwanted moments still remain sticky..

May be now you no more bother of what's going on as you started living lonely and now no more a finicky….

May be it is really proving to be tough but believe me adversity is for short span only the atrocious moments make things messy..

But trust me life is unpredictable; a complete combo of joy and sorrow, every  phase has it's own latency….

And at times it's okay even if things are not going okay let the real you understand the harsh realities of life in this state of dormancy..

Eventually after this dormant stage I am certain that you come up with energy like never ever before and will become deterministic just like a crazy….

And the world will recognize you for what you are along with what all you faced but still raised by setting a perfect afflatus even after being creaky..

Author: Poorva Banthiya 

No glitz and glamour, happiness in cheapest ever

10th oct'15 was one of the most awesomes days that has ever occurred to me. This was Saturday which is almost thought as a chill pill day by Indians. School children abhor moving to school this day as next is going to be a fun day-Sunday. College youths find this as an apt day to go for GT. Either to watch a new released movie or urge to go to an adventorus trip. Be it choki dhani, patal paani, vijay chat ki chole  tikki and many many more. But this time none of the above mentioned reason made me happy. Neither the movie nor the odi tickets. The reason because of which I kept smiling the whole day was a social cause. Our visit to orphanage. We all were supposed to report at 11:30am. I only knew the President of AnantAman  social welfare society Mr Hemant gupta sir. We all headed towards a common destination of which maximum people were aware-Annapurna temple. Gradually people started gathering. Some youths were from Medicaps and some were from Vaishnav college. I do not remember all names but yes some remarkable were Apurva, Poonam, Suchi, Abhishek, Aditya and many more. Well presence of every guy made event successful and more remarkable. Well what I really liked in the group was their enthusiasm level. Now finally after all gatherings we reached orphanage. As soon as we entered they greeted us with Jai Shree Krishna. And at that point I realised how wonderful are our Indian values. We took intro of all the kids. Their strength was approx 25. Actually we went with a special moto of celebrating birthday of one of our group member's colleague Divya as well as two children from the orphanage itself: Manish & Ajay. But before cake cutting ceremony we had various games so that they could open up with us and enjoy to their fullest. After intro we had fun including dances, songs, poetries and lots of stories cited by various sweet voices. I was really shocked but actually glad to see their updation regarding songs, movies and several dance styles. It was an awe moments. It was really nice the way we young bloods mingled with our future young bloods, kids. Then obvio it was time for the most trendy thing. Yeah snaps. The other moment we really felt touched was when all kids unitedly recited prayer before lunch and cake ceremony. They looked so determined and ambitious while playing. It truely created a positive aura. It reminded me a flashback of my school days. After a short span we served lunch which comprised of almost every child's favorite. Yes it was yummy pav -bhaji. All of them ate it in very organised and systematic manner. I could glance satisfaction level on each and every face . Well what could be better than this. Apart from all the glitz and glamour of this world they were destined to find happiness even in the cheapest of things. Well this is what exactly we need to learn from them. Even in the toughest phases of life they do not seem to struggle. They are enjoying and living to their fullest. At times kids teach us things which even elder fail to teach. Being natural and simplicity is one of the biggest lessons I have learnt. Not only me but we all need to learn from it. At last, although we were not willing to move but as time didn't permitted us we had to make a move. We concluded our event with some moral teachings that every children should be aware of. More than them we were thankful to kids for making our day extremely unique and our event exclusive as well successful.

Pen portrayed by Poorva Banthiya

महात्मा !!

सत्य से रूबरू कराया था।

अहिंसा का मार्ग दिखाया था।

निष्ठा से कर्म करना सिखाया था।

देश को आजा़द कराया, धोती पहनें — लाठी उठाए ।

देश के पिता बनें, सरे संसार मे महात्मा कहलाए ।

तिरंगा भारत की भूमी पर शान से लहराया था,

बापु के आदर्शों पर मज़बूत देश बनाया था,

परंतू बापू के सपने हम पूरे न कर सके,

ज़िदंगी की दौड में सभी आदर्शों से भटके,

माता-पिता लाचार और बच्चे भूखे है,

शिक्षा तो स्वप्न है पहले सभी मौसम से बचते है,

भूले है सभी शिष्टाचार और परोपकार,

धन, ईर्शा और लालच की है जै जै कार,

बापू भी दुखी होंगे हमे आपस मे लडते देख,

दौलत, जाती, धर्म, कर्म आदी पर बटता देख ।

शायद.....

इस युग मे महात्मा हमारी अंतर आत्मा को बनना होगा ।

सभी को गांधी जयंती की शुभकामनाएं ।

Umang Daga

Cleanliness — Godliness

'Cleanliness is next to godliness' .This beautiful line truely fillls my heart with ecstasy whenever it strikes my ears.May be yesterday we had some loopholes,may be till today we have not yet improvised.But being a nifty neopyte i do believe that tommorrow will be a brighter day with completely revitalised thoughts and rejuvenated goals.I am neither a politician nor any party's immitator.I m just a common voice of lakhs of young bloods who wish to behold Indore city as safest as well cleanest city not just in India but in the whole world.It's the exacting time to spread awareness related to cleanliness and vanish the stingy smell widely spread in the avenues of our city.Because if we dream our city to become a 'smart city' we need to transgend it into 'cleanest city' foremost.I never consider picking broomsticks, capturing snaps and editing it by insta beauty on some oppulent occasions would create the difference. But i strongly believe that initiating such events and active participation in it on a regular basis with apt survillence would certainely aid and then our city will get it's right place in right terms being heart of Central India shimmering it's real essence.Although Indore being a very populous city of a rough estimate of around 30-50 lakhs people but still if we target small zones we can accomplish our objective.I simply meant if Indore can be referred as 'Mini Mumbai',if it can be an education hub,if it can be a food hub then why not cleanliness hub? Few steps to go ahead and certainely the scenario will change.Recently i visited to a small town Sailana (dist-Ratlam) which is being continuously awarded as cleanest town in Madhya Pradesh.That is not at all miracle,it's authentic because of the combined efforts of ruling body as well as residents residing there.Nobody ever dare to throw garbage on roads,proper garbage vehicles are allotted to each zone with door to door service in morning as well as evening.Every home is being allocated with a dustbin.So this  is exactly what needs to be done.If in a small town the level of awareness could be to such an extent,then Indore is a city where awareness is never a barrier.Even if a single voice will raise,lakhs will support if the content is appropiate.So unleash your potential and fulfill your urge of crowning your city with the sobriquet of 'the cleanest city' not just in India but in the whole world.Plz join our campaign 'Ek kadam swachta ki aur' to fulfill our dreams.

Credits :- Poorva Banthiya

Airline Lunches

I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a  long flight from Delhi. 
'I'm glad I have a good book to read Perhaps I will get a short sleep,' I thought.

Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation. 
'Where are you guys headed?' I asked the Young man seated nearest to me. "Agra. We'll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we're being deployed for operations."

After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that lunches were available on payment. It would be several hours before we reached Delhi , and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time..

As I reached for my wallet, I overheard a soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. 'No, that cost a lot of money, probably wouldn't be worth it. I'll wait till we get to Delhi ...." 
His buddy agreed.

I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant enough money to cover for 10 lunches and told her 'Take a lunch to all those soldiers..' 
She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. 'My young brother was a soldier in Kargil , it's almost like you are doing it for him..'

Picking up ten lunchboxes, she headed up the aisle to where the boys were seated. 
She stopped at my seat and asked, 'Which do you like best - Veg or chicken?' 
'Chicken,' I replied, wondering why she asked..

She turned and went to the front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first class. "This is your thanks".

After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane, heading for the rest room. An old man stopped me. 'I saw what you did. I want to be part of it. Here, take this.' He handed me a Rs 500/- note.
Soon after I returned to my seat,

I saw the Captain coming down the aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he wasn't looking for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, and said, 'I want to shake your hand.' 
Quickly unfastening my seat-belt I stood and took the Captain's hand. With a booming voice he said, 'I was an Air Force pilot a long time back. Once someone bought me lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot.' I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers.

Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A kid who looked about 18 was sitting about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake mine. I felt him stick a currency note in my palm.

When we landed I gathered my belongings and started to depart. Waiting just inside the aeroplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word. 
Another currency note !

Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their Trip up to their training area.. I walked over to them and handed them all the currency notes that was given to me on the flight and said. 'It will take you some time to reach your training area. It will be about time for a sandwich. May God Bless You.' and thank you for doing whatever you do.

Ten young men of honour left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow countrymen. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals. 
It seemed so little...

A Serviceman is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank cheque made payable to ' India ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'

That is Honour, and there are way too many people in this country who don't understand it.............



We acknowledge this wonderful work of an anonymous writter.

Walk of Life - A Race, A Chase

Walk of Life

"A never ending race and the great seat chase"

Right to education is a fundamental right of every Human Being, which seems to be violated by the Educational institutions by preventing admission or biased admission process. Parents often claim that admitting a child to a good school has become a feverish experience. They often say that "Admission process is not transparent and even after complying with all formalities uncertainty lies over admission into school". This predicament is created due to limitation of seats in prominent schools and thousands of applicants over them, in near future it is expected to exacerbate. This rush is no far from the day when parents will have to reserve a seat for their child before its birth. Scramble for seats begin soon after Diwali, while academic session starts from May.

We may say that Government is the culprit. But instead of inhibitions by Government, through "Right to Education Act", such as reserving 25% quota of total seats in an institution for economically weaker sections, amalgamations of cacodemon (either be rich or corrupt institutions) have always exploited rules for their benefit and to make money. Without any shame "Temples of Knowledge" demand donations and one time admission fees apart from tuition fees and lunch fees which are already very high. This is resulting in soaring of educational cost and making it more difficult for guardians to educate their children, while we say that education is an initial step towards development of the Nation. But present scenario is not favourable, Opaque admission process, Scramble for seats, high cost and in-affordability of education have become a part of never ending race in walk of life.

Courtesy: The Hindu.

By - Umang Daga.

Janmashtami & Teachers Day

5th September is celebrated as Teachers Day in memory of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and according to Hindu calander auspicious occasion of birth of Lord Krishna, Janmashtami, was to be celebrated on 5th September 2015.
The day was Bonhomie.

To celebrate this day with little kanhaiyas team of AnantAman Social Welfare Society visited an aashram for underprivileged and poor children. It was 3pm then.

We had planned to organise 'Matki Fodh' competition and a couple of games thus scarce time put everyone to begin preparations as we reached there. Tasks were alloted to everyone just like I was supposed to do photography, decorate 'Matka' etc. Deadline was 5pm and everyone did very well to abide by it. Function was started punctually.

Matki(vessel) containing Maakhan was hung high in air, a challenge for Govindas to rise and reach the height to attain Maakhan. Pyramid of one upon other, aiming to break Matki, rose high from 1 storey to 2 then 3 and collapsed. Enthusiasm, energy and determination drove little ones to try once again - to fail again - to try again until they succeeded. As the proverb says "Koshish karne walo ki kabhi haar nhi hoti" ... Finally they tasted victory with creamy Maakhan. Important lessons were learned while competing for challenge and performing traditional ritual.

It was time to celebrate victory, learnings and birthday of Gopal. Music began, everyone was set with jolly mood, to forget the world around, to enjoy and to dance like no one is watching. Latter children were served with evening tea.

We bounced back to field, it was time for more games -- more fun. 'Toss the ball', 'Frog jump race' & 'Blind fold chase'. Members grouped with children to form teams. Creativity was put to test when children were asked to name their teams. "PK", "D's team" and many more funky names came up. Mr. Hemant Gupta took the responsibility to judge. Hooting, supporting and leg pulling chants echoed loud under the calm blue dome. D's team concluded to be champion with overall best performance.

Gopal's favourite Maakhan was distributed among little Kanhaiyas and their care taker.

Coming towards end, we accumulated memories, fun & smiles shared and alot of learnings. It is truly said, nobody actually have a pure heart like a child.

'बच्चे भगवान का रूप होते है |'


**Special thanks  to Members of AnantAman SWS :-
Hitesh Bhawnani,
Atul Dwivedi,
Moniya Yadav,
Ankit Tiwari,
Mayank Joshi,
Shubham Jain,
Tanya Daga,
Deepanshi Saxena,
Arjun (volunteer),
Aman Navin,
Hemant Gupta.

Report by :- Tanya Daga & Umang Daga

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"प्रजातंत्र"

यह कौन सा तंत्र है

षड्यंत्र ही षड्यंत्र है

वैश्विककरण का दौर है

हर आदमी यहाँ चोर है

दिल नहीं यह दौरा है

काहे का ढोंग धतूरा है

धर्म का मुँह काला है

अधर्मी का बोलबाला है

भ्रष्ट ही यहाँ शिष्ट है

स्वार्थ में सब लिप्त है

खादी के भाषण झूठे है

अपने बन सबको लूटें है

हर मानव बेरोजगार है

रोजगार की दरकार है

चारों ओर सूखा हतै

किसान यहाँ पर भूखा है

देखिये जनहित सरकार है

सर्वत्र भ्रष्ट और भ्रष्टाचार है

कहने को प्रजातंत्र है

जहाँ षड्यंत्र ही षड्यंत्र है..||

By: Mrs. Vandana Chaudhary